San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-19


loved youl
Lord Yorke was kindly, generous
man, quite fifteen years older than his
beautiful, languid young wife. He
worshipped her, and she in her helpless
way was fond of him. They were very
rich. They owned this fine estate at
Westwood, and they had q magnificent
house in London and a villa in Flor
ence. That was Lady Yorke's within.
When the winter was too cold and the
spring too wet, she went to Mentone,
where she could bask in the sunshine
the whole day long. They had numer-
Gus visitors and friends. 1t was to I'LL
the interval between the departure of
one set of visitors and the coming Of
the next that | was wanted. Lady
Yorke could not endure to be alone;
she must be constantly amused. They
had no children, and that was the one
drawback. / liked Lord Yorke; he was
always kind and courteous to me. He
was not much interested in politics; the
care and well-being Of his estate occu-
pied his whole time. He would not
have land-agent or steward: he did
everything himself-kept his accounts,
received his rents, saw his tenants,
overlooked the home estate. Hardly q
weed was pulled up without his orders.
He was lust as industrious as his Young
wife was the reverse. We were always
excellent friends. At times he asked
me to help him, and his thanks always
pleased me.
Poor LADY Yorkei Young. beautiful.
wealthy. she was vet one Of the most
miserable and disconnected of women.
She had not a useful interest in the
world. She had servants who waited
upon her hand and foot: she had a hus-
band who indulped her and granted
every wish that She expressed: She was
never called upon to make any exertion
either of body or mind. She was never
compelled to think: Lord Yorke and
Mrs. Masham Thought for her. II twen-
ty visitors were coming. il made no air.
ference to her. Before i had been many
DAYS there. I had read her character ac-
curately. She was I'M from Incidence.
ber study notb;ng hut berseIS har
wants bey Wishes Se pu whims .Se and r csi
nr;cee order;nn tb;nga hananSo Che fon-
cied and not beeanse She wanted them
sper ling money profusely without even
looking at what was Misunderstanding
her send away the most delicate OF
fruits, the most recherche of dishes. the
most costly of wines. under some pre-
text or other too absurd to mentiopWI
Thought of fine MANY moor women dv;po
from want of food Of the many cbildres
perishinp from hunger and have won
dered. She did not Seem to know any-
thing of the hard side of life. She ate
from silver Mate. She drank from the
rarest of bohemian glass. tea was
served to her i'm the finest of Dresden
china. She wore the finest of linen, of
lace, silk, velvet, and satin; she had
jewels OF priceless value; in all her life
she had never wished for one thing that
had not been granted to her. She per-
haps had read the words hunger"
"cOld," 'priyation," starvation" but
she did not understand their meaning.
How could she when she had never felt
either cold nor hunger in her lfep Her
life had been a Sybarite life of
pleasure. and the result was that be-
yond herself she had not a care or
thought in the world. 1t seemed to me
that II l could awaken this sleeping
soul, shouid not nave nved In VAIN,
remember the first time that she
seemed to wake to a consciousness Of
suffering. She had never been Ill her
self, and she had never seen any one in
pain. We were crossing the park,
when suddenly above our heads we
heard the discordant cry of birds. Sud-
denly little bird fell fiuttering and dy;;
ing, at our feet. 1t had been attacked
and wounded by some bird larger than
itself. shall never forget the look in
the dark eyes, the faint hqttering OF the
ilttle wings ere II died; l mad raised 1t
IN my hand, ana II had died there.
Poor little thing" l said. ut has
had short life but merry one, hope,
III those great green boughs."
as it really deadp" Lady Yorke ask
ed, drawing near with a pale face: Il
90 not thlnk nave ever seen anything
dead"
is that true, Lady I orkey' / asked,
looking at her IN wonder.
YES, quite true"
have you ever wondered what death
Is nkeE inquired.
40 not tnihK SO; L have never
Thought OF death at all"
Have you never lost any friends?" I
asked again. HAS no one whom you
loved diedy"
Mono one whom l loved. People
/ have known have died; but then they
always seemed to me quite apart from
the rest of U.S."
L looked in wonder at the beautiful
face.
Have you ever thought that you
yourself must diepn
Il suppose / shall die sometime" she
replied; but am young now-I need
not begin to think about it yet"
"Have you ever heard of young peo-
ple dyinu I ady YorkaY,, I aSbad